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Webb, Elizabeth M.; Rheeder, Paul; Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-10-17)BACKGROUND : In South Africa, much of diabetes care takes place at primary healthcare (PHC) facilities where screening for diabetic complications is often low. Clinics require access to equipment, resources and a functional ...
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Ngassa Piotie, Patrick; Muchiri, Jane Wanjiku; Webb, Elizabeth M.; Rheeder, Paul (Elsevier, 2022-08)AIMS : To assess barriers to insulin therapy among people with type 2 diabetes after adapting the Insulin Treatment Appraisal Scale (ITAS) to the South African context. METHODS : A panel of experts reviewed the original ...
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Ngassa Piotie, Patrick; Wood, Paola Silvia; Muchiri, Jane Wanjiku; Webb, Elizabeth M.; Rheeder, Paul (Elsevier, 2021-10)AIMS : To investigate the attitudes and beliefs of primary healthcare practitioners (HCPs) towards initiating insulin therapy for people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in South Africa. METHODS : A cross-sectional survey was ...
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Genade, Leisha P.; Webb, Elizabeth M.; Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz); Janse van Rensburg, C. (Elsevier, 2021-04)AIM : To describe the clinical outcomes of patients with type 2 diabetes (DM2) and hypertension (HT) who received treatment and care at a specialized primary healthcare facility. METHODS : A cross-sectional study was ...
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Webb, E.C. (Edward Cottington); Webb, Elizabeth M.; Tlhapi, Petrus Thabo (South African Society for Animal Science, 2020-03-17)Carcass condemnation is a problem in the South African beef industry, but the causes and risk factors have not been studied or quantified. Better understanding of the cumulative incidence and causative predictors of ...
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Ngassa Piotie, Patrick; Wood, Paola Silvia; Webb, Elizabeth M.; Hugo, J.F.M. (Jannie); Rheeder, Paul (Sage, 2021-01)BACKGROUND: In South Africa, initiating insulin for people with type 2 diabetes and subsequent titration is a major challenge for the resource-constrained healthcare system. Inadequate support systems in primary care, ...
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Ngassa Piotie, Patrick; Filmalter, Cecilia Jacoba; Mohlala, Maryangela G.; Zulu, Ntokozo; Segale, Amanda; Koenaite, Charles; Muchiri, Jane Wanjiku; Webb, Elizabeth M.; Rheeder, Paul (AOSIS, 2022-07)BACKGROUND : In South Africa, initiating and managing insulin in primary care for people living with type 2 diabetes (PLWD) is a major challenge. To address these challenges, a multidisciplinary team from the University ...
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Gloeck, N.R.; Harris, Bernice Nerine; Webb, Elizabeth M.; Scheibe, Andrew (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2021-01)BACKGROUND. In South Africa (SA), increasing illicit opioid use and associated health challenges can be managed with opioid substitution therapy (OST), such as methadone, if the recommended dose and duration of use are ...
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Cele, Lindiwe P.; Knight, Stephen; Webb, Elizabeth M.; Tint, Khin; Dlungwane, Thembelihle (Medpharm Publications, NISC (Pty) Ltd, Taylor & Francis, and Informa business, 2016)In this study, initial tuberculosis (TB) default was measured in clinics in a district with a high incidence of TB. A retrospective review of TB case identification registers in 2007 found 4049 (9.0%) new smear positive ...
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Steinhobel, Ronel; Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz); Webb, Elizabeth M. (Elsevier, 2021-12)PURPOSE : To determine if the scores obtained from the Ideal Clinic Assessment Tool (ICAT) used to assess the quality of care in public Primary Health Care facilities in South Africa showed inter-rater agreement between ...
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Monareng, V.L.; Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz); Bac, Martin; Webb, Elizabeth M. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2019-10)BACKGROUND. The Bachelor of Clinical Medical Practice (BCMP) programme was introduced in South Africa as a strategy to fill human resource gaps in both the public sector and rural communities. A previous study explored ...
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Ngcobo, Sanele; Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz); Bac, Martin; Webb, Elizabeth M. (Public Library of Science, 2018-01-19)BACKGROUND : Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) reduces the acquisition of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in heterosexual men by up to 60%. One HIV infection is averted for every 5 to 15 VMMCs. To conduct ...
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Motsepe, A.; Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz); Webb, Elizabeth M. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2020-03)BACKGROUND. Healthcare service delivery remains a challenge in most primary healthcare (PHC) facilities across South Africa (SA). In addition, the healthcare system continues to have high and rising costs, with widening ...
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Webb, Elizabeth M.; Rheeder, Paul; Roux, Polla (Karger Publishers, 2016-03-10)OBJECTIVE : The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy, maculopathy and visual loss in primary care patients and to identify associated risk factors. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS : We ...
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Van Zyl, Andre W.; Webb, Elizabeth M.; Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz) (Education Association of South Africa, 2021-02)As a school subject, life orientation (LO) aims to improve learner well-being, but a lack of classroom resources may be a barrier. We investigated whether classroom resources were equally available for LO educators in fully ...
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Ngassa Piotie, Patrick; Webb, Elizabeth M.; Rheeder, Paul (AOSIS, 2021-03)BACKGROUND: In South Africa, the Central Chronic Medicine Dispensing and Distribution (CCMDD) programme allows stable patients with non-communicable diseases, including type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), to collect their ...
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Ngassa Piotie, Patrick; Wood, Paola Silvia; Muchiri, Jane Wanjiku; Webb, Elizabeth M.; Rheeder, Paul (NISC (Pty) Ltd, Medpharm Publications, and Informa UK Limited, 2022)OBJECTIVES : A study was undertaken to assess the feasibility and safety of the Tshwane Insulin Project (TIP) intervention, describe patients’ and healthcare professionals’ experiences with the intervention, and determine ...
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Ngassa Piotie, Patrick; Wood, Paola Silvia; Webb, Elizabeth M.; Marcus, Tessa S.; Rheeder, Paul (Elsevier, 2020-10)AIMS : To determine factors associated with ‘hypothetical willingness’ to start insulin among people with Type 2 diabetes (T2DM). METHODS : A quantitative cross-sectional study with insulin-naïve T2DM patients at 23 primary ...
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